229 NORTHERN SHAN STATES
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Shan States, Northern. - A group of Native States lying to the east of Upper Burma proper, and for the most part west of the Salween river, between 21° 31' and 240:9.' N. and 96° 13' and 99° 45' E. The area of the states is about 21,006 square miles; their shape is roughly that of an obtuse-angled triangle, with the obtuse angle pointing north. On the north this area, is bounded by China ; on the east by China and the Southern Shan State of Kengtung (ၵဵင်းတုင်), from which, it is separate by the NamHka (ၼမ့်ၶ) river'; on the south by the Soutlean Shan States; and on the west by the Mandalay and Ruby Mines Districts and Mongmit.(မိူင်းမိတ်ႈ)
A portion of the eastern boundary; from the point where it crosses the Nam Ting(ၼမ့်တိင်)to where it strikes the Nam Hka (both tributaries of the Salween), has not yet been precisely delimited, but it roughly follows the watershed between the Salween(ၼမ့်ၶူင်း) and Mekong(ႄမႈၶွင်)rivers:
The SALWEEN river is one of the most important features of the
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Towns & Rivers name - ชื่อเมือง และแม่น้ำ
ၸိုဝ်ႈဝဵင်းႄလႈႄမႈၼမ့်
Kengtung (ၵဵင်းတုင်) - เชียงตุง
NamHka (ၼမ့်ၶ) - น้ำข้า
Mongmit (မိူင်းမိတ်ႈ)- เมืองมีด
Nam Ting (ၼမ့်တိင်)- น้ำติ๋ง
Salween (ၼမ့်ၶူင်း)- น้ำคง, แม่น้ําสาละวิน
Mekong(ႄမႈၶွင်)
- น้ำของ, แม่น้ำโขง
